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Sōtō Zen or the Sōtō school (曹洞宗, Sōtō-shū) is the largest of the three traditional sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (the others being Rinzai and Ōbaku). It is the Japanese line of the Chinese Cáodòng school, which was founded during the Tang dynasty by Dòngshān Liánjiè. It emphasizes Shikantaza, meditation with no objects, anchors, or content. The meditator strives to be aware of the stream of thoughts, allowing them to arise and pass away without interference.

The Japanese brand of the sect was imported in the 13th century by Dōgen Zenji, who studied Cáodòng Buddhism (Chinese: 曹洞宗; pinyin: Cáodòng Zōng) abroad in China. Dōgen is remembered today as the ancestor of Sōtō Zen in Japan along with Keizan Jōkin.

With about 14,000 temples, Sōtō is one of the largest Japanese Buddhist organizations. Sōtō Zen is now also popular in the West, and in 1996 priests of the Sōtō Zen tradition formed the Soto Zen Buddhist Association based in North America.

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Title	Speaker	Date
2015.08.20-serial.00155 Duality, Subject-and-Object, Non-duality, Lineage, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Silence, Samsara...		Aug 20 2015
2012.08.02-serial.00147 Precepts, Ordination, Soto Zen, Vow, Fundraising, Zendo, Lay, Oneness, zen		Aug 02 2012
2008.01.21-serial.00112E Buddha Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Compassion, Soto Zen, Samadhi, Dependent Origination,...		Jan 21 2008
2008.01.21-serial.00112F Practice Period, Hindrances, Interdependence, Soto Zen, Liberation, Heart Sutra,...		Jan 21 2008
2008.01.20-serial.00112D training, Buddha Nature, Impermanence, Daily Life, Soto Zen, Repentance, Meditation,...		Jan 20 2008
2008.01.19-serial.00112A Fasting, zen, Culture, Impermanence, Soto Zen, Meditation, Vow, Compassion		Jan 19 2008
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-00994 Strategies, gaining ideas; "paying it forward"; close investigation of the self; Orpheus and Eurydice; Rilke; hidden anger - staying with the emotion Dongshan, Sesshin, Suzuki Roshi, Monkey Mind, Vow, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Manjushri...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 05 2007 Green Gulch
2007.01.19-serial.00117D Practice Period, Silence, training, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, Dependent Origination,...		Jan 19 2007
2007.01.18-serial.00117B Bodhidharma, Soto Zen, Lineage, true dharma, training, Buddha Ancestors, confusion,...		Jan 18 2007
2007.01.18-serial.00117C Oneness, Silent Illumination, Buddha Nature, Meditation, Soto Zen, Buddha Ancestors,...		Jan 18 2007
The Gift of Nothing Serial: SF-00929 Sunday Lecture Children's Lecture: one who is not busy, one reality; the gift of nothing; sesshin, from Suzuki Roshi; our mind is the same as Buddha's; all things are... Buddha's Enlightenment, Sesshin, Koan, Daowu, Keizan, Suzuki Roshi, Nirvana...	Fu Schroeder	Dec 03 2006 Green Gulch
Breathing In, Breathing Out Serial: SF-01146 Sunday Lecture: simplicity; story of Prajnatara in Malawi; the sun comes up, the sun goes down; connections; the four foundations of mindfulness; Navajo rain dance Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Book of Serenity, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana, Buddha...	Fu Schroeder	Oct 08 2006 Green Gulch
2006.02.03-serial.00017 Soto Zen, zen, Vow, true dharma, Buddha Ancestors, lecture, Interdependence		Feb 03 2006
2006.01.29-serial.00007 Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, Sangha, Ordination, Enemies, lecture, zen, difficulty...		Jan 29 2006
2005.11.06-serial.00194 Soto Zen, Enemies, Samsara, Subject-and-Object, Manjushri, Politics, Lineage,...		Nov 06 2005
Fall to the Ground, Get Up by the Ground Continuous Practice, Discrimination, Birth-and-Death, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 18 2005 Tassajara
On Race Serial: SF-03568 Sesshin 3 Day 7 Diversity, Lay, Hate, Discrimination, Soto Zen, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bell,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 29 2005 Tassajara
Way Seeking Mind Serial: SF-00044 The route to becoming a zen monk; growing up Jewish and hanging out with the beats; meeting Suzuki Roshi. Monastic Practice, Japan, Way-Seeking Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 13 2005 2 Tassajara
Two Paths to the Dharma training, Practice Period, Liberation, Bodhidharma, Mahayana, Study Period, Lineage,...	Ryushin Paul Haller, Acharya Gaylon Ferguson	Mar 04 2005
Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Platform Sutra, Letting Go, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 02 2005 Tassajara
Shuso Talk Serial: SF-01923 #shuso-talk Sesshin 2 Day 3 Book of Serenity, Suzuki Roshi, Instruction, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Manjushri,...	Zenshin Greg Fain	Feb 22 2005 Tassajara
Status Serial: SF-01096 Sunday Lecture: status games in conversation, hard-wired, power, humor, reversal of status, Marx Bros, Don Rickles, court fools, Dr Zhivago, improv. changing of roles, status... Ego, Practice Period, Bell, Blue Cliff Record, Half-Smile, Mill Valley, Monastic...	Daigan Lueck	Dec 26 2004 Green Gulch
Buddhism, Christianity, War and Peace Serial: SF-00939 Sunday Lecture: Two types of training: compassion and wisdom (wisdom: the entire universe is the true human body); US history; Christianity (is evil 'outside' or not); Mara... First Principle, Hate, Evil, Faith, Soto Zen, Heart Sutra, Bodhidharma, Separation,...	Fu Schroeder	May 16 2004 Green Gulch
June 7th, 2003, Serial No. 01107 Faith, Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Suzuki Roshi, Patience, Forgiveness, Practice Period,...	Jeffrey Schneider	Jun 07 2003 Unknown
January 11th, 2003, Serial No. 04074 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen,...	Lew Richmond	Jan 11 2003 City Center
Posture Posture, Instruction, Branching Streams, Zendo, Zazen, Soto Zen, Birth-and-Death,...	Lew Richmond	Sep 14 2002 Unknown
Vasubandhu Serial: SF-04017 Summer intensive Demons, Subject-and-Object, Letting Go, Separation, Emptiness, Soto Zen, Happiness,...	Teah Strozer	Jul 31 2002 City Center
Vasubandhu Serial: SF-03954 Summer intensive Separation, Emotions, Six Realms, Hate, Soto Zen, Instruction, Karma, Duality, Daily...	Teah Strozer	Jul 21 2002 City Center
Transmission of the Light Class Serial: SF-01088 What brings us to these stories(?)? What is the unrest? What is the transmission of, how does the unrest be calmed (?), impermanence is that essential problem. Stories are what... Transmission, Separation, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Dragons...	Daigan Lueck	May 21 2002 Green Gulch

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